MainConcept is a privately owned German company founded in 1993 that develops video processing and playout solutions. Employing approximately 100 people, the company's annual revenue was less than $25 million in 2023. MainConcept's product offerings include codecs, applications, and software plugins for video and audio processing and streaming. The company has a history of acquisition, having been part of DivX (2007-2011), Rovi (2011-2015), and Neulion (2015-present), and is currently a subsidiary of Endeavor Streaming.
MainConcept announced codec advancements enabling customers to save time and budget using its HEVC software encoder, decoder, and Easy Video API ahead of the NAB Show 2025. A series of HEVC benchmarks showed MainConcept's HEVC software encoder to be up to 20% more efficient than x265, an open-source alternative, using HEVC 4:2:0 10-bit test clips. MainConcept also demonstrated how to optimize encoding parameters using the Optuna optimization tool for its HEVC/H.265 encoder. The rise of smart glasses and wearable devices was noted in 2025, with industry trade shows such as CES, MWC, and NAB showcasing related developments.
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MainConcept offers 4 products in the media tech industry. MainConcept's product portfolio comprises of video processing and playout.
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MainConcept's revenues were less than $25M in 2023. Caretta Research has split MainConcept's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is live and realtime encoding. For full access to MainConcept's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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MainConcept's customers primarily consist of telecoms network infrastructure, content acquisition and enterprise and telecoms software companies. Examples of MainConcept's customers include Canon, Samsung Device eXperience and Ericsson. MainConcept has commercial and technical partners like Qualcomm, Intel and Nvidia.
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